When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was ____to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary._ ___it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one ___, to be honest, I found it extremely ___ to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and ___ not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the ____ bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are ___ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt ___ to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I ___ that monolingual dictionaries are __ in learning a foreign language
As I found out, there is ___ often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two ____ in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to ___ that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the ____ meaning of a word in English! ____ , she insisted that I read the definition(定义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary _____ I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. ______, I have come to see what she meant. 
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n)      number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am     exposed to（接触）the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas.   this, I can express myself more easily in English.
A. worried     B. sad         C. surprised     D. nervous
A. Because      B. Although    C. Unless         D. If
A. but          B. so          C. or             D. and
A. difficult    B. interesting  C. ambiguous     D. practical
A. thus         B. even         C. still          D. again
A. new          B. familiar     C. earlier        D. ordinary
A. explained    B. expressed    C. described      D. created
A. offered      B. agreed       C. decided       D. happened
A. imagine      B. recommend    C. predict        D. understand
A. natural      B. better       C. easier         D. convenient
A. at best      B. in fact      C. at times       D. in case
A. words        B. names        C. ideas          D. characters
A. hope         B. declare      C. doubt          D. tell
A. exact        B. basic        C. translated     D. expected
A. Rather       B. However      C. Therefore      D. Instead
A. when         B. before       C. until          D. while
A. Largely      B. Generally    C. Gradually      D. Probably
A. extra        B. average      C. total          D. limited
A. repeatedly   B. nearly       C. immediately    D. anxiously
A. According to B. In relation to C. In addition to   D. Because of